Honolulu has a radical new way to enforce prostitution

But the typical way they are brought into the sex trade is different from what the public might think. Now she is fighting the impulse to return to sex work. At a mall in Waikiki, she met two men in their late 20s who promised her fame and fortune. Shared Hope International improved the state's rating in an annual report from the lowest possible grade of an F in to a D last year. She's broken in," Xian says. She met a man when she was 14 years old, during an evening of "partying, drinking, smoking". Now, aged 18, she is still working as a prostitute, Munoz says. Hawaii's record in dealing with the issue is erratic, activists say. Sometimes they are gang-raped and beaten into submission. These are not "snatch and grab" abductions, like in the movies, Munoz says. Instead, girls are lured through "boyfriending", as she calls it, or, as Xian says, the "lover boy" approach. Her pimp was not violent or coercive, she adds. The girls can end up in prison or with criminal records, the public is largely in denial about the problem, and the victims do not get the therapy they need to move on and heal, she adds.

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Hawaii's record in dealing with the issue is erratic, activists say. Inside Sonagachi, Asia's largest red-light district. That was in the s, and she has spent her whole life since trying to leave the world she was pulled into. In recent years, the state's response to human trafficking has improved according to two independent anti-trafficking organisations. Escape is near impossible, she says. This doesn't include the street prostitution and online scene. Like the young woman who was coaxed from a mall with promises of stardom, victims are often vulnerable teenagers who respond to an older man's attention and flattery. She's broken in," Xian says. Instead, girls are lured through "boyfriending", as she calls it, or, as Xian says, the "lover boy" approach. Last July, Hawaii's state governor vetoed an anti-sex trafficking law, which supporters said would have helped victims more effectively than the state's current legislation. Those tend to involve snorkelling adventures or biking down sooty volcanoes. He showed me affection, he gave me nice things, he boyfriended me into wanting to do it. It is not very different from what happened to Bitanga. The argument is she cannot choose that," Bitanga says.